Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 871 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Past = V2): Time words: yesterday, last Sunday, two days ago, last week, in 2023. Regular verbs add -ed (cleaned, studied, jogged); irregular verbs change (went, ate, wrote, bought). The same form works for every subject. Questions and “not” use did + the base verb: Did you go? He did not go.

1. 1.My sister ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) will build (c) builded (d) builds
2. 2.___ they go to school last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drank
4. 4.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) eated (d) ate
5. 5.___ I draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
6. 6.___ you feed the dog two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.___ you draw a picture yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.The children did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) ate
9. 9.___ he study science last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.They did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carried (d) carries
11. 11.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
12. 12.Riya ___ a message two days ago. (a) sended (b) sends (c) sent (d) will send
13. 13.We did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
14. 14.Sneha ___ a kite two days ago. (a) will fly (b) flies (c) flew (d) flyed
15. 15.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) run (d) ran
16. 16.___ she dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
17. 17.He ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) has sung (d) sang
18. 18.He ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writed
19. 19.You ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapped (b) will clap (c) have clapped (d) clap
20. 20.He did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleaning
21. 21.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swimmed
22. 22.___ I take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
23. 23.My brother ___ rice last week. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) cooked
24. 24.My friends did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jogged
25. 25.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writed (d) written
26. 26.The children ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) study (c) have studied (d) studied
27. 27.My brother did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) fed
28. 28.You did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogging
29. 29.___ they swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.I ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) swim (c) will swim (d) swam
31. 31.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
32. 32.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
33. 33.Ishaan ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) has watched (b) watched (c) will watch (d) watches
34. 34.He ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) watches (c) has watched (d) will watch
35. 35.My brother did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) studied
36. 36.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) went (d) goed
37. 37.My cousins ___ rice two days ago. (a) have cooked (b) cooked (c) will cook (d) cook
38. 38.___ Farhan wear a cap in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.___ she go to school in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
40. 40.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flying (d) flew

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